16+ block metadata

[Dijkstra]

i want to add 20+ ores to minecraft i want to use sub types using meta data, I look up this did think of nbt tags but the requires title entities, and i do not think it would be go idea to have lots of tile entities spawning under ground because of lag, and I would like to work it, block with meta 1 cooks to ingot with meta, etc. but the 4 bit nature of meta on blocks would mean this would not work. Would i be able to make own meta system which uses a short to store meta data.

[Draco18s]

I would separate out into as many blocks as make sense, depending on what your divisions are, rather than arbitrarily saying "these 16 on this block and these four on the other because there were too many."

[jeffryfisher]

It looks like Dijkstra has started two threads on the same subject. Can they be consolidated?